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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2022
Hulu, Llc, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Joshua Cook, Tarzana, CA (US);
Christopher Russell Kehler, Seattle, WA (US);
Lacey Anne Donohue, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Charles Francis Moran, Los Angeles, CA (US);
HULU, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a method uses a first list of ranked entities to determine a first ordering of entities in slots of an electronic programming guide. Information is outputted to display at least a portion of the first ordering of entities in slots of the electronic programming guide. The method determines when a refresh of the electronic programming guide should be performed. When it is determined that the refresh should be performed, if a second list of ranked entities is available: the method uses the second list of ranked entities to determine a second ordering of entities in slots of an electronic programming guide and outputs information to display at least a portion of the second ordering of entities in slots of the electronic programming guide to update the electronic programming guide for the refresh.